# Archery & Axe Throwing

Web page: https://guide.je/tours/archery-and-axe-throwing-valley-adventure-centre

- **When:** Regularly until 27 Dec
- **Meets:** Les Ormes Golf & Leisure Village Mont a la Brune, Jersey JE3 8FL, Jersey, St. Brelade
- **Duration:** 1-2 hrs
- **Price:** £21.50 - £36.25
- **Kind:** Active
- **Run by:** Valley Adventure Centre
- **Book:** https://www.valleyadventure.je

> Instructor-led archery and axe throwing at regulation-sized targets, a hands-on way to test your aim and learn a new skill

An Archery and Axe Throwing experience is a chance to test your accuracy. Trained instructors teach participants everything they need to know to become a capable marksman.

Archery is the art, sport, practice or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows. Historically it was used for hunting and combat; today it is mainly a competitive sport and recreational activity. The archery targets are industry-standard 60cm straw bosses mounted on 4ft easels, with archers shooting from a distance of 30ft or more.

Similar to darts, axe throwing is a sport in which the competitor throws an axe at a target, aiming for it to spin once and land as close as possible to the bullseye. Its roots go back many millennia, and it is associated with the 8th-century Vikings, though it has only recently been recognised as a sport, thanks to the World Axe Throwing League (WATL). The axe-throwing targets are built to WATL dimensions, standing 9ft tall and 4ft wide, and throwers aim from 12 to 15ft away, which makes keeping every axe on target a healthy challenge.